Read the Following Passage from the New York Times Coverage

Essay

Read the following passage from the New York Times coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign, and explain what you think John McCain's proposed solution for "saving American jobs" was, as described here.
Nonetheless, Mr. McCain kept up his free-trade-is-good message in this economically depressed city, a contrast to his Democratic competitors, Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, who both have called for renegotiating NAFTA. Mr. McCain also repeated his message that lost manufacturing jobs would not return. . . . Mr. McCain (stated) that in the end workers would be better off through retraining and education programs in technology he has promised them as president.
"I can't tell you that these jobs are ever going to come back to this magnificent part of the country,'' (when) asked about how he planned to save American jobs. "But I will commit to giving these workers a second chance. . . . I can't look you in the eye and tell you those steel mills are coming back.''
(Source: Elisabeth Bumiller, "McCain: These Jobs are Gone, Gone, Gone," April 22, 2008, New York Times [http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/mccain-these-jobs-are-gone-gone-gone/])